Brown Forest Skink

Closest Relatives at Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Carara National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	10–20%
2	Piedras Blancas National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	10–20%
3	Braulio Carrillo National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	10–20%
4	Tenorio Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	10–20%
5	Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	10–20%
6	Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	10–20%
7	Corcovado National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0–10%
8	Arenal Volcano National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0–10%
9	Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	0–10%
10	Cusuco National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
11	Pico Bonito National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
12	Celaque National Park	🇭🇳 Honduras	Insufficient data
13	Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary	🇧🇿 Belize	Insufficient data
14	Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
15	Manuel Antonio National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
16	Marino Ballena National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
17	Calakmul Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
18	Tortuguero National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
19	Chirripó National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
20	Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	Insufficient data
21	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Brown Forest Skink in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve?

About 6% of visitor-days record a Brown Forest Skink sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, based on 7 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Brown Forest Skink in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve?

October has the highest sighting rate for Brown Forest Skink in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in our monthly data.